what's making headlines around the world 7 we start with the international papers' reaction to angela merkel‘s triumph in the german elections. victory is perhaps a better way of putting it. french paper le figaro runs that on their front page with the headline "bitter victory". and in the uk, the times are running a spread in their pages focusing on the challenges ahead for merkel when it comes to forming a coalition. it talks about months of talks, painful talks, ahead of her. a lot of people are going to the colours, to colours, as well. over to the middle east, the kurdish president barzani's determination to push on with a kurdistan independence referendum is on the front page of arab news. america and other countries have

asked them to postpone this, as also has baghdad. back in the uk, it's political conference season and the times report the party's vote against discussing brexit and the single market during the annual meeting. many are quite shocked about that. and finally, the independent details the clash of politics and sportjust as the nfl is here in london. the london team, the jaguars, won yesterday, but all eyes were back on players in the states as many knelt during the national anthem — what's now being referred to as "taking the knee." the star—spangled spammer? the star—spangled spammer?” the star-spangled spammer? i did put a spanner the star-spangled spammer? i did put a spanner in the works. let

the star-spangled spammer? i did put a spanner in the works. let people are taking the knee which is used by soldiers actually honouring their fallen brothers. indeed. so let's begin. with us isjonathan charles, director of communications for the european bank for reconstruction and development. good to see you both! good morning. the former occupier of these seats here. inform -- and also our former responded in germany. 10-year service. i actually also interviewed angela merkel when she first stood to be leader of the christian democrats and it would be hard to imagine she would be winning a fourth election but of course have we seen in many countries, its victory and defeat all in one. eclipsed very much by afp and very little contrition sharrod by angela merkel, i thought, little contrition sharrod by angela merkel, ithought, in little contrition sharrod by angela merkel, i thought, in the early hours —— afd. merkel, i thought, in the early hours -- afd. she lost, what, 70 seats? i'm sure it was worse than she expected, she would have expected it to be tough because of

the immigration issue and she let in more thani the immigration issue and she let in more than 1 million the immigration issue and she let in more thani million migrants, primarily from syria, and it was always going — she knew it would overs ha d ow always going — she knew it would overshadow the election. but even she didn't quite expect, i think, it to be this bad and i think le figaro has this right, bitter victory, she does much helmut kohl 's victory for wins but the same time, she has this issue now of how to put together a coalition government. and it won't be so easy. the resulting quite staggering about the far right in such numbers, probably 90 in the german parliament, returning to a position of relative prominence in german politics. we don't know much about them in terms of policy apart from their stance on immigration. in terms of economic policy we don't know anything about what they want to go for. but when you talk about the coalition, the times has a double spread on the fact that it is a huge challenge for her because it would be the first former party

government and we know only too well in the uk have to she coalition bar but she is very skilled, —— how difficult coalition r. she has had to be skilled over the years. she is a very good operator, she isn't flashy but she thinks through issues, she doesn't rush, and she will not be able to rush this. she isn't bossy either. she is firm. she knows what she wants, its nature. i remember interviewing her and there we re remember interviewing her and there were a remember interviewing her and there we re a lot remember interviewing her and there were a lot of comparisons in the german media to margaret thatcher, saying she was germany's thatcher and in fact she is very different. she isn't flashy leader, she doesn't strongly believing ideology in the way that thatcher did, she is a pragmatic leader and pragmatism will be... for parties, including... for example, when it comes to brexit and the relationship with france all of these parties will have very separate fuse. the number of things that will come out here, you are right, you have the pro—business

democrat, the free democrats, on the other hand the green party who will wa nt other hand the green party who will want to close down coal—fired power stations and how you actually reach a compromise. i think this will be a lowest common denominator government in which they will have to try to reach a platform but it would be very ambitious. on the rise of the afd, some of the language used was very much what we are hearing across in the states. lock her up. it was actually used. they learn from donald trump of the campaign, not on the way theyjust portray the immigration, lots of pictures of blonde germans, but taking back control, we heard the freedom to ta ke control, we heard the freedom to take back control of germany, hunting down, this language, hunting down angela merkel. this tribalism politics of the thought we've seen in the us which actually is spreading to many other parts of the world, united tribalism is one of theissues world, united tribalism is one of the issues of politics and potentially very damaging. talking of tribalism, the front page of the arab news, the kurt kostecki with

independence vote. it is happening today, —— kurds sticking. independence vote. it is happening today, -- kurds sticking. this has beenin today, -- kurds sticking. this has been in the wind for so long. if we go back to, i was in the 1991 gulf war, 2003 iraq war, go back to them, it was always being said that one of the problems was that saddam hussein in his brutal way kept iraq together oi'i in his brutal way kept iraq together on all of the different factions, sunnl on all of the different factions, sunni, shi'ite and kurds. if he wasn't there it would fragment could whistle that almost immediately with the kurdish and shi'ite uprising. i cannot do business with a national government and want to go their own way and of course they have the potential of oil wealth which boys them up. but the kurds was always feeling betrayed either by the occupied government in iraq or their international eyes and look at them recently, in terms of peshmerga,

fighting against islamic states, and what is their reward?” fighting against islamic states, and what is their reward? i think they would see it as that they are more secular than the state as it is ruled from baghdad, they don't like the corruption as they feared but let's look at what this would mean for the region. i was going to ask this question. the reason it was always so dangerous with george bush senior saying we will not take baghdad because they didn't want the disintegration of iraq because it would be damaging for turkey next door and kurds in turkey may want to join, door and kurds in turkey may want to join, damaging fora door and kurds in turkey may want to join, damaging for a run where door and kurds in turkey may want to join, damaging fora run where in the north there are a lot of kurds who also thomas are a lot of regional instability could come from this. and the turks. you don't want to upset them. a very big military bear. we had theresa may's speech in florence dominating the papers all weekend and today it is the labour conference is no discussion on brexit. the collective nervous breakdown of the richest political syste m breakdown of the richest political system is continuing after the

referendum last year and we are seeing it today in the labour party we do have different functions, it may be described as the hard left to do with the european union because their theatres limiting what they might be able to do in terms of introducing a far left economic agenda into the united kingdom, and you have the centre—left who would like this debate. one thing, jeremy corbyn has a lot in common with the former labour party minister tony bet, in his diaries when he was transport secretary talks are going to brussels for the first time in the mid— 70s and said it was like being a roman slave going to rome. he felt that all of the powell was there it is not in britain and for him, and the far left, it was important because they wanted to introduce far left economic approaches in the britain so some people like tony corbyn then but it's hard to do... jeremy corbyn has been under pressure and threatened by other members of the party and they now think he is clear of that but he has... he gives the example

of how could i save a steel factory if we are in the eu because it would be banned by competition laws, they wa nt be banned by competition laws, they want freedom to operate. this battle over policies is going on in the conservatives and labour because of course it is tough. just finally, on one knee. nfl. what a... don't let me get in your way. what a battle for trump to have peaked. he cannot wa ke for trump to have peaked. he cannot wake up in the morning without insulting someone. he called them over the weekend sons of pitches. do we have the image? all of them on one knee. our old. they would say they are showing patriotism. black lives matter. lovely to see you. have a good day. goodbye. hi there. most of us will have enjoyed some fairly warm weather for late september over the course of the weekend. sunday had the highest temperatures.

in a few spots we had highs up to 23 celsius, 73 in fahrenheit. about five celsius warmer than it normally is at this late stage of september. so, as i said, pretty warm for the time of year. we have also had a weather front with us and for some that's been bringing outbreaks of rain. the rain over recent hours has been getting a little bit more widespread, but this weather front, this lump of cloud, has wiggles all over it and that means pulses of rain are working along the front. certainly not an even spread of rain, some getting more than others. but nevertheless, some dampness around to start the day i think for much of scotland, england and wales. it will be a mild start to the day. through the rest of monday, this weather front‘s going to find it difficult to move eastwards because we've got this big blocking area of high pressure sat across scandinavia and europe. that means the weather front‘s week, it also means the weather front‘s going nowhere fast any time soon. now, for the far west of wales and parts of south—west england, we could have some brighter spells first thing, but otherwise for many areas of england and wales it's rather cloudy start to the day. mild but with the risk of some rain.

in northern ireland it's different. here a mixture of sun and dense patches of fog that could cause problems out on the roads. scotland, dull and damp to start the day. now, through the rest of the day our weather front stays more or less in the same kind of area but the rain will tend to fizzle out on it as the weather front continues to weaken through the rest of the day. so, by the time we get to the afternoon, most of us will have drier weather, perhaps brightening up across east anglia and south—east england. the best of the sunshine further west, particularly in northern ireland, once we've got rid of that early morning fog. here's the chart for tuesday. the front is still with us, draped across scotland, england and wales. but barely any rain left on it at all. now, as we go through the day, again that cloud will thin and break up, we'll see increasing amounts of sunshine coming through. and in the sunshine, yes, it's still pretty warm for the time of year. highs of between around 16 and 21 celsius for most of us. now, there will be some changes towards the middle part of the week as the atlantic begins to wake up.

this weather front moves in from the west and it's going to be bringing some fairly heavy and persistent rain with it across ireland and northern ireland. could get around 30—110 millimetres of rain. perhaps even more than that over the hills and coupled with that there will be some gale force winds or wind extending up through irish sea coast. to the east of our front, though, still bright, still dry and relatively warm, temperatures again peeking into the low 20s. but later this week, generally it is going to turn more unsettled with rain at times, becoming quite windy, and those temperatures coming back down to normal. that's your weather. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. labour's divisions over brexit are laid bare as it avoids voting on membership of the single market at its annual conference. the party will claim today it's ready to take charge of brexit negotiations but some of its mps say the lack of a vote on contentious aspects of the party's policy is absurd. good morning, it's monday the 25th of september.

victory for angela merkel in germany's elections, but she's punished at the polls as her support falls to its lowest level and the far right makes unprecedented gains.